Meanings
plural pro-maskers · alternative promasker
- governmentA person who supports the practice or mandate of wearing masks.
Beightol, who is the administrator for several Facebook pages where public schools teachers can vent, said educators fall into three categories: vocal pro-maskers, vocal anti-maskers and pro-maskers who stay out of the line of fire.
2021 August 8, Francisco Alvarado, “‘I don’t see how it can be safe’: Florida schools on frontlines of state’s mask war”, in The GuardianAntonyms: antimasker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who supports the practice or mandate of wearing masks.
Origin
From pro- + mask + -er. Likely influenced by pro-vaxxer.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
pro-masker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pro-masker
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